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The Lefty Myth

John Verburg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:41:08 +0000

Jul 5, 2010; Detroit, Mi, USA; Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Andrew Oliver (41) pitches in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE

With ex-Tiger right handed starter Edwin Jackson just signing a one year deal for 10M dollars with the Washington Nationals, I personally believe all of the options that could truly help the Tigers rotation have now disappeared. Unless of course something happens in the trade market. What signing Jackson also did for the Nationals, is make one of their lefty starters available in a deal, the suggestion is that it would be John Lannan.

I’m definitely not suggesting that the Tigers trade anyone for John Lannan. Lannan after all is a pedestrian lefty, with not so good peripherals that likely wouldn’t translate too well to the American League. He isn’t somebody that the Tigers couldn’t produce from their own farm system at this point.

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Edwin Jackson On A One Year Deal? Detroit Should Be Lining Up.

John Verburg — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0000

We certainly haven’t been shy about covering all the bases when it comes to free agency options for the Tigers here at Motor City Bengals. In fact, MCB writer Jordan Gorosh even covered the idea of re-signing Edwin Jackson at the end of December, whose bizarre status as baseball nomad, has been a thing of interest to follow. This guy just can’t stick with one team.

Part of the reason Jackson has been traded multiple times in the past 3 years is that he is talented. Jackson has an explosive right arm, and teams are going to be interested in acquiring him. However, his inconsistency in the past has made teams willing to part with him as well. When you get a valued commodity (talent), coupled with a frustrating quality (inconsistency), you get a guy who gets moved.

Coming into this off-season, Edwin Jackson and his agent Scott Boras, were looking for that permanent home for Edwin. At least for somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 years, and rightfully so. He has been a Tampa Bay Ray, Detroit Tiger, Arizona Diamondback, Chicago White Sock, Toronto Blue Jay (briefly), and St. Louis Cardinal over the past 3 years.

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If Not Roy Oswalt, Who?

Garret Craig — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:11:44 +0000

This afternoon, word comes from Danny Knobler, who served for 18 years as the Detroit Tigers beat writer for Booth Newspapers, that the club from The Motor City was “very interested” in free agent starter Roy Oswalt but the right-hander “didn’t want to go to Detroit.” Apparently not even a recruiting call from the reigning American League Most Valuable Player was enough to sway Oswalt. With that in mind, Knobler then tweeted that the “Tigers seem more likely to leave 5th starter spot up for grabs going into spring.”

With the chances of Oswalt signing with Detroit now slim to none, it’s hard to come to a different conclusion than Knobler has. The options for the Tigers to upgrade their rotation are few and far between. A quick check of the MLB Trade Rumors Free Agent Tracker reveals that just 18 players listed as starting pitchers remain on the market.

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